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The best conservative political news, analysis and opinionSun, 02 Aug 2015 21:49:54 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3Herman Cain Better Be Telling The Truthhttp://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/herman-cain-better-be-telling-the-truth/
http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/herman-cain-better-be-telling-the-truth/#commentsWed, 09 Nov 2011 11:42:26 +0000http://conservativedailynews.com/?p=26251Oh, Herman. Why did you double down so forcibly? I hope Cain’s innocent, really I do. Tuesday’s press conference gave him little wiggle room. Within the first 1 minute and 45 seconds, Herman Cain said that he saw Sharon Bialek for “the very first time”, that he “doesn’t even know who this woman is”, and that he “doesn’t recognize her name at all”. By the 2 minute and 20 second mark, he had repeated that he didn’t know who Sharon Bialek is and that he didn’t recognize her name.

“I took the train into Washington, D.C. When I went to check into the room I was shocked to be taken to a palatial suite. I said to the bellman that there must be some mistake, but he insisted that there was no mistake. I later found out that Mr. Cain had arranged for the suite, though at the time I thought that maybe my boyfriend had tried to surprise me.

“I met Mr. Cain in the lobby of the bar at the Capitol Hilton at around 6:30 p.m. We had drinks at the hotel, and he asked how I liked my room, which is kind of normal, and I said I was very surprised. I said, I can’t believe it, I’ve got this great suite, it’s gorgeous. Mr. Cain kind of smirked, and then said, ‘I upgraded you.’

“He then took me to an Italian restaurant where we had dinner. During dinner, Mr. Cain looked at me and said, ‘Why are you here?’ I said, ‘Actually, Herman, my boyfriend, whom you met, suggested that I meet with you ‘cause he thought you could help me because I really need a job. I was wondering if there’s anything available at the state association level or perhaps if you could speak to someone at the foundation to try to get my job back, perhaps even in a different department.’ He said, ‘I’ll look into that.’

“While we were driving back to the hotel, he said that he would show me where the National Restaurant Association offices were. He parked the car down the block. I thought that we were going to go into the offices so he that could show me around. At that time I had on a black pleated skirt, a suit jacket and a blouse. He had on a suit with his shirt open. But instead of going into the offices, he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg under my skirt and reached for my genitals. He also grabbed my head and brought it toward his crotch. I was very, very surprised and very shocked.

“I said: ‘What are you doing? You know I have a boyfriend. This isn’t what I came here for.’ Mr. Cain said, ‘You want a job, right?’

“I asked him to stop and he did. I asked him to take me back to my hotel which he did, right away.”

Here are some of the details just from that transcript:
She said that she stayed in the Capitol Hilton
He upgraded her room to a suite.
She met him in the lobby bar for drinks
They went to an Italian restaurant.
She had on a pleated skirt.

When you listen to her tell the tale in her press conference (that the transcript above is from), she really seems to be making specific accusations and “recalling” specific details. When Herman Cain says that he doesn’t even know who Bialek is, he’s denying a LOT of things. So, if even ONE of them is true, it casts a lot of his testimony into question.

If any one of the things Ms. Bialek claims is proven to be true, then Herman’s goose can be cooked. (hotel records, credit card records, etc…) I feel that Mr. Cain took a very big gamble by saying he had did not even know who Sharon Bialek is. I think it would have been a safer bet for him to say he’s “not sure” if he’d ever seen her before, but by making such adamant claims, he’s really given himself little recourse in the event (or if) he’s ever proven to not be telling the truth.

Of course… if he IS telling the truth, then his gamble may likely pay off.

What do you guys think? Did Herman take too big of a risk by saying so adamantly that he did not even know who Sharon Bialek is? Should he have been more vague and just said that he “didn’t recall ever meeting her”? Or, should he have “put his chips all in”, as it seems he has? What would you do, if you were accused of wrong doing by someone on national TV, for that matter? I’m not sure what I would do, if I was in that situation, myself.

As always, let us know what you think in the comments below. I know a lot of you are tired of this conversation, but we’re trying to choose a leader of the free world, and part of the process is gauging how candidates do under pressure. And right now, I’d say Herman Cain is under pressure.

]]>http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/herman-cain-better-be-telling-the-truth/feed/11Gloria Allred Responds To Herman Cain's Press Conferencehttp://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/gloria-allred-responds-to-herman-cains-press-conference/
http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/gloria-allred-responds-to-herman-cains-press-conference/#commentsWed, 09 Nov 2011 02:20:11 +0000http://conservativedailynews.com/?p=26208It didn’t take Allred long to respond to the press conference that Herman Cain gave today. See her response below.

]]>http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/herman-cains-press-confernce-video/feed/0Will Gloria Allred be Cain's Biggest Campaign Contributor?http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/will-gloria-allred-be-cains-biggest-campaign-contributor/
http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/will-gloria-allred-be-cains-biggest-campaign-contributor/#commentsTue, 08 Nov 2011 17:18:47 +0000http://conservativedailynews.com/?p=25993In comedy, timing is everything. The same can be said for politics. In what seems to be a semiannual event, attorney Gloria Allred held a press conference yesterday representing yet another oppressed female at the hands of a dominant man. The latest of Allred’s clients is a step up from the two porn stars she represented during last year’s Tiger Woods sex scandal.

Sharon Bialek, hailing from Chicago (red flag), came out Monday accusing Presidential hopeful Herman Cain of what she calls “inappropriate sexual advances” during a meeting in 1997. Bialek claims that Cain put his hand on her leg, attempted to slide it up to her nether region and then attempted to force her head toward his “crotch” with his other hand. Cain has vehemently denied the charges.

But that’s where it ends, at least as far as Bialek and Allred…. Or does it?

Allred, at the presser, said that there will be no formal charges or complaints filed. Bialek has stated repeatedly that she is not in it for the money; she lists her profession for the past several years as a “stay at home, single mother.” Reports quickly circulated that she had been involved legally with David Axelrod in a proceeding in 2009 in Chicago. As it turns out, it is true that her attorney was David Axelrod, just not the same Axelrod as the President’s senior advisor (yes, that means there are two of them; please resume work on your secret underground shelters).

Different from the accusation of harassment levied at Cain for the past two weeks from anonymous sources, this one has a face and a name. Rather than being gummed to death, this accusation against Cain has teeth. However, what may have been the thing that caused the biggest visceral reaction from the right was, not the client, but the lawyer.

Gloria Allred, a person who strikes fear in the hearts of ambulances around the country, probably garnered more attention at first than the fact that there was a real person, with fingerprints and everything, making an accusation against Herman Cain. The unlikely GOP candidate turned frontrunner has survived several hard jabs since his meteoric rise to the top of the polls, but this is an unobstructed blow to the gut. The political pundits are predicting that Cain’s campaign will crumple to the canvas, but he may very well have a secret advocate in his corner – the opposing counsel!!

It could be that the site of Gloria Allred creates such a “GERD-like” reaction in the tummy’s of conservatives, that they could respond in a way contrary to Allred hopes; especially after her jab that Cain was providing his own version of a “stimulus.” It was good for a momentary laugh from the press, but in the long run, it could be the catalyst for a massive rallying of the troops around Cain.

It is ironic that the retaining of a high profile lawyer may actually serve as a detriment to Bialek’s cause, rather than an aid. Bialek may want to check the contract for a money back guarantee. Allred’s purpose is yet unclear with no further actions plan, except for a quick joyride on the media circuit. Perhaps Allred is experiencing the “Jesse Jackson” effect – he becomes irrelevant when racism does not exist.

Allred’s track record of defending the “innocent” against the man (and I do mean that literally) apparently didn’t make a stop in Juanita Broaddrick’s town. Broaddrick supposedly sought her counsel in 1997, claiming that sitting President Clinton had actually “raped” her back in 1978. Perhaps her own statute of limitations is somewhere between 14 and 19 years; Allred refused to represent Broaddrick.

Time of course will write the last chapter – does this end Cain’s run for the top office in the land or does it upgrade his armor to Teflon with an increase in support? We will know by Thanksgiving if Cain’s turkey is pardoned.

Piers Morgan and Gloria Allred all in one day. Hear the details below.

]]>http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/herman-cains-accuser-gives-first-interview-to-piers-morgan/feed/0**Update: Cain Camp Blames Perry For Leaking Sexual Harassment Storyhttp://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/developing-story-cain-camp-blames-perry-for-leaking-sexual-harassment-story/
http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/developing-story-cain-camp-blames-perry-for-leaking-sexual-harassment-story/#commentsWed, 02 Nov 2011 22:06:35 +0000http://conservativedailynews.com/?p=25473
It’s going to be a long week for Herman Cain, if this is dropping so late on a Wednesday night….

In the summer of 2003, Cain recalls briefing Anderson—his general campaign consultant at the time—that sexual harassment claims were brought against him while he was chairman of the National Restaurant Association from 1996 to 1999.

“I told my wife about this in 1999 and I’ve got nothing to hide,” Cain told me Wednesday. “When I sat down with my general campaign consultant Kurt Anderson in a private room in our campaign offices in 2003 we discussed opposition research on me. It was a typical campaign conversation. I told him that there was only one case, one set of charges, one woman while I was at the National Restaurant Association. Those charges were baseless, but I thought he needed to know about them. I don’t recall anyone else being in the room when I told him.” …

Aside from knowing about the alleged sexual harassment accusations, Cain campaign officials point to the timing of Anderson’s hiring by Perry as evidence of his involvement. The campaign announced Anderson’s role on October 24, just a week before Politico broke the story.

Does he regret telling Anderson about it? “I don’t regret it at all,” Cain says. “The guy who was supposed to help with strategy should know everything. I put it on the table right from the get go. I wasn’t trying to hide it.”

UPDATE:
Herman Cain’s campaign manager, Mark Block, went on Fox News to personally accuse the Perry campaign of leaking the sexual harassment charges to Politico. He says, “The actions of the Perry campaign are despicable.” Video is below.

UPDATE 2:
Now the Perry camp points their finger at the Romney camp. (I kid you not, people)
This via CBS.com:

Rick Perry’s presidential campaign says it is “absolutely not” responsible for leaking the fact that Herman Cain was accused of sexual misconduct while head of the National Restaurant Association to Politico, which broke the explosive story Sunday night.

“That is false, patently untrue, no one at this campaign was involved in this story,” said Perry communications director Ray Sullivan.

Sullivan then suggested to CBS News and National Journal reporter Rebecca Kaplan that Mitt Romney’s campaign is behind the allegations.

“I wouldn’t put it past them,” he said, stating that blog posts have noted that Cain’s successor at the Restaurant Association “is a big Romney donor.”

“There are much closer connections between the Restaurant Association, Cain and the Romney camp than there are with us,” he said.

Federal Election Commission records show that Steven C. Anderson, who succeeded Cain as the Restaurant Association’s CEO, gave $1,000 to Romney’s campaign on July 14, Kaplan reports. He also gave a total of $1,000 to Cain in two $500 installments during Cain’s 2003-2004 Senate campaign.

]]>http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/developing-story-cain-camp-blames-perry-for-leaking-sexual-harassment-story/feed/0Herman Cain Talks About How Accusations Of Sexual Harassment Have Affected His Campaignhttp://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/herman-cain-talks-about-how-accusations-of-sexual-harassment-have-affected-his-campaign/
http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2011/11/herman-cain-talks-about-how-accusations-of-sexual-harassment-have-affected-his-campaign/#commentsWed, 02 Nov 2011 06:06:05 +0000http://conservativedailynews.com/?p=25387On Tuesday night, Herman Cain went onto the O’Reilly Factor to discuss (among other things) how the allegations of sexual harassment have impacted his campaign. According to him, business is better than ever. Watch the video below to see what Cain says about how these allegations have impacted him and his campaign.

I have to admit that Cain makes some compelling points in this video, especially the fact that over a course of 42 years, these (supposedly) “baseless” accusations are the only thing he’s been confronted with.

What do you think? Is this story finally behind him? Or does Herman still have some ‘splainin to do? Let us know in the comments below, or if you’re feeling really ambitious, you can rent out a billboard with your opinion on it. Prizes will be awarded to the most creative billboard that’s submitted. The deadline is 3pm tomorrow afternoon. (but we suggest telling us in the comments section; it’s much simpler for all of us)